The DAX Futures is trading at 12,084.20 with a loss of -0.22% or -27.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,061.80  with a loss of -0.51% percent or -31.20  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,829.50  with a loss of -0.21% percent or -10.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,178.00 with 0.00% percent or 0.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in eight sessions, bonds rose and the U.S. dollar was firm on Thursday as surging U.S. coronavirus cases and an International Monetary Fund downgrade to economic projections knocked confidence in a recovery.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.7%, Tokyo’s Nikkei slumped 1.1% and Australia’s ASX 200 tumbled 2.1%.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,093.94 with a loss of -3.43%percent or –429.82 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,123.69 with a loss of –3.11% percent or –196.43   point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,871.36  with a loss of –2.92% percent or –146.32 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,445.94  with a loss of -2.72% percent or -710.16 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,050.33  with a loss of –2.59%percent or -80.96  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,909.17 with a loss of -2.19% percent or -222.20  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,259.79  with a loss of –1.22% percent or –274.53  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,781.58 with a loss of –0.50% percent or –125.76  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,979.55 up with +0.30% percent or +8.93  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,714.60 with a loss of -0.44%  percent or –154.38  point at 12:15 PM.